Tales of Arise is an epic fantasy title that takes place in the larger Tales franchise. The latest entry, originally released in 2021, revolves around Alphen and Shionne, who must work together and meet new allies to investigate mysteries surrounding Rena and its dominion over Dahna.

Tales of Arise had proven to be quite successful, both critically and commercially. In our review, we gave it a score of 8 out of 10 thanks to its central premise, overall narrative, and fast-paced combat with a solid progression system. By 2024, Bandai Namco had confirmed that it had sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

Celebrating the second anniversary of its launch, Bandai Namco has released the Beyond the Dawn expansion. Taking place a year after the events of the base game, Beyond the Dawn sees our heroes reunite to investigate the mysterious child of a Renan Lord and a Dahnan, named Nazamil.

While no new entry in the Tales franchise has been announced, you can check out Tales of Arise and its Beyond the Dawn expansion on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Beyond the Dawn offers new story quests, subquests and dungeons to explore, along with six additional costumes. You also get the Silver Weapon Collection for new silver-colored weapon skins and the Travel Support Pack with five instant levels, CP, Gald and fishing gear. Unfortunately, those who completed the base game can’t carry over their gear, items and unlocked skills.

Instead, Beyond the Dawn offers a pre-made party as you go about unlocking things again. It’s not the biggest deal-breaker for those jumping in for the first time, but longtime players who care about their progress should take note.

It is worth noting that the new Beyond the Dawn trailer features quite a few spoilers for the main campaign in Tales of Arise. It showcases a lot of the characters from Tales of Arise discussing their plans for the future.

September saw the release of another story-centric trailer for Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn, focusing on the early story moments of the upcoming DLC. The trailer showed off events that seemed to be from the early moments of the expansion, introducing Nazamil and her role in the story.

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn was announced during PlayStation’s State of Play showcase last month. The DLC takes place after the events of the main campaign in Tales of Arise, and features the protagonists in a new battle for peace. Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn is set for a November 9 release.

The video seems to be from early on in the Beyond the Dawn expansion, since it looks like these events will act as an introduction to Nazamil and her role in the story. It shows her running from pursuers until she’s cornered, at which point Nazamil uses her powers to hide.

At the same time, Tales of Arise protagonists Alphen and Shionne are shown enjoying the scenery while potentially having to be on guard since they might be surrounded by enemies.

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn was originally announced during PlayStation’s recent State of Play with a trailer. The expansion will take palce some time after the events of the base game’s story, and will involve the protagonists involved in a new battle to keep peace in the world.

Beyond the Dawn is slated to come on November 9.

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn seems to pick up some time after the events of the base game. The expansion seems to revolve around Dahna and Rehna once more, and a new fight to keep peace in the world.

Word of an expansion for Tales of Arise first came up back in December last year when Bandai Namco was found to have filed a trademark for Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn. Interestingly, the expansion’s announcement seems to be in direct conflict with Tales of Arise producer Yusuke Tomiwaza, who stated last year that the game wouldn’t get a direct follow-up or an expansion.

Tales of Arise has been quite successful since its release. Last year, the game was reported to have sold more than 2 million copies. The number has quite likely gone up since then.

Tales of Arise is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

The Japanese company has filed a trademark registration for Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), though obviously, the filing itself doesn’t have any explicit details on what exactly that name will be used for. There is, however, plenty of speculation on that, to no one’s surprise.

Most people’s first guess would be that Bandai Namco is working on an expansion for the action RPG, though the Tales series hasn’t really dabbled too much in story DLC in the past, which means it may very well be a direct sequel. Interestingly, however, Tales of Arise producer Yusuke Tomiwaza said earlier this year that Bandai Namco had no plans for a direct sequel or an expansion, which means that, unless plans have changed, that’s probably not on the table.

What else could it be then? A port for the Nintendo Switch? A spinoff developed for mobile devices? An anime adaptation? Either way, hopefully, we’ll have more clarity on the matter sooner rather than later. The Game Awards tomorrow could possibly e worth keeping an eye on for Tales fans.

In our review of Tales of Arise, we awarded it a score of 8/10, saying, “Tales of Arise is a well-made, consistently enjoyable JRPG, and though its storytelling tends to be sloppy, its gorgeous world and excellent combat are more than enough to keep you hooked until the end.” Read the full review through here.

Tales of Arise is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. As of April this year, it has sold over 2 million units worldwide.